Sanjay Karol takes oath as HP High Court Judge

Shimla, Mar 8 (UNI) Former Himachal Pradesh advocate general Sanjay Kaorl was today sworn in as the Judge of the state High Court in a simple ceremony here.

Chief Justice V K Gupta administered the oath of office to Mr Karol, who was advocate general in the previous Dhumal Government.

With his appointment, the strength of the judges in the High Court has gone up to seven with two vacancies.

Justices Deepak Gupta, Surjeet Singh, Dev Darshan Goel, A K Ahuja and Surender Singh Thakur are the other judges of the High Court.

Lokayukta Bhawani Singh, Consumer Forum Chairman A K Goel, Backward Classes Chairman K C Sood, retired judges D P Sood and R K Mahajan, besides state Chief Secretary S S Parmar and several other senior state government officials were also present on the occasion.

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